Assoc. Prof. Collins Okello

Assoc. Prof. Collins Okello is the Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture and Environment at Gulu University, bringing over 20 years of research, teaching, and administrative leadership. He holds a PhD from the University of Naples Federico II, alongside Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Agricultural Engineering from Makerere University. A prominent voice in university governance, Assoc. Prof. Okello sits on the University Senate and chairs the Budget Desk Committee, contributing to institutional transformation and strategic planning. His academic expertise spans agricultural machinery and renewable energy applications for off-grid communities. An accomplished scholar, he has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, supervised numerous graduate students, and secured substantial competitive grants for the university, leveraging a strong foundation that includes five years of prior private sector engineering experience

i) 2021 to date – Dean, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment

ii) 2025 to date, Chairperson Budget Desk Committee of Gulu University

iii) 2020 – 2023 – Chairperson Contracts Committee

iv) 2024 to date – Co-Chair Perennial Working Group at Rocco Paco Foundation

v) 2017 – 2020 – Member, Gulu University Contracts Committee

vi) 2017 – 2021 – Head, Department of Biosystems Engineering

vii) 2014 – 2016 – Acting Head of Department of Biosystems Engineering